Advertising-card.



No.793,261. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. W. K. AGHERT.

ADVERTISING CARD.

APPLIOATIUN FILED NOV.14, 1904.

UNTTED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

WILLIAM K. ACHERT, OF CINUINNAITI, OHIO.

ADVERTISING-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,261, dated June 27,1905.

Application filed November 14. 1904- Serial No. 232,667.

To (11/ 1071/0112 it 'nmq concern:

Be it known that 1, \VILLIAM K. Aonnn'r, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Advertising-Cards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofmy specilication.

My invention relates to an advertising novelty in the nature of acardformed by folding a sheet or blank of cardboard upon itself and the twosides or walls secured together in such a manner as to permit of theirbeing slightly distended upon slightly depressing one end of the card,so as to create a current of air which will pass through an aperture inone of the side walls in the nature of a whistle, the card beingintended to receive any advertising matter it is desired to have placedthereon, as will more clearly appear and be understood from thefollowing specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a blank or sheet of paper or cardboard cutand scored to form my improved advertising-card. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the card formed from the blank shown in Fig. 1, with its top endslightly depressed, whereby the side walls are somewhat distended. Fig.3 is a sectional view of my improved card, taken on the line .1 1' ofFig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate identical parts in the respectivefigures.

The card is preferably constructed from a sheet of heavy paper, which isscored at a to form the two sides A B and permit of its being foldedupon itself. The sides are provided with extensions 7), c, (I, and e,which are scored to fold inwardly. The extensions 0 and (I are intendedto be glued together with any suitable adhesive material on the insideof the card, and the extensions Z) and are likewise intended to be gluedtogether, as will be seen in Fig. 1. The side B is preferably cut at itsone end in the curved or scooped-out manner indicated at Fig. 1, whilethe side A is made somewhat longer than B. The side A, is provided withthe score-marks /I, and 1', the score-mark g being such as to permit theextension of the side A to lap inwardly to permit the portion of theblank intermediate the score vi and the edge of the blank to be glued tothe opposite side B of the card. These score-marks /1 and 7 permit theend of the card at which they appear to be pressed downwardly to forcethe sides A and B apart, these scores producing at the end of the cardwhat might be termed a bellows fold.

One of the sides of the cardfor example, Bis provided with a smallaperture 7'', and secured to that side about the hole or aperture Z, onthe side of the blank which comes inside the card, is a ring of heavycardboard or other suitable material, which may be glued or otherwisesecured to the side B. This ring has secured to it a thin disk of paper11/, which is provided with an opening '11, corresponding withtheapcrture X'. .It will be seen that a chamber 7) is formedintermediate of the side B and the disk of paper 1/1.

The different extensions 7), e, (Z, (2, andf on the sides of the blankor card are of course tightly secured or glued to each other or to theopposite wall, so as to make the card airtight, except for the apertureor opening fr.

It will be seen that by taking the card and lightly pressing down on theend having the bellows fold that the air is drawn into the card, and byreleasing the bellows fold the sides are permitted to come together,which forces the air out of the card. The air rushing in and out, byreason of the manipulating or depressing just spoken of, producesawhistling sound through the aperture Z, by reason of the chamber 7),formed by the ring with its disk m, having the aperture )2.

l have described what I believe to be the preferable form; but it willbe readily understood that the card may be provided with a bellows foldat both ends, and instead of providing the blank with the extensions (Zand 6 these may be omitted, simply having the blank with the extensions1/ and c, or vice versa, and I do not wish to be understood as limitingmyself to the exact construction shown and described; but

\Vhat 1 wish to claim as my invention, and secure by Letters Patent, is-

' extensions intermediate of and secured to said walls, the oneextension scored to form a bellows fold, said bellows fold normallydistending the walls, an aperture in one of said walls, a ring securedon said wall about the aperture, and a disk secured to the other side ofsaid ring and provided With an aperture corresponding with the aperturein said wall, substantially as shown and for the purpose described.

2. An advertising-card having two walls comprising side portionsintegral with each other, side and end extensions glued together,

one of the end extensions being scored to form a bellows fold andnormally distend the walls, said bellows-fold extension being providedwith a flap secured to the other side or wall, an aperture in one ofsaid sides, a ring secured on said side about the aperture, and a disksecured to the other side of said ring and provided With an aperturecorresponding with the aperture in said side, substantially as shown anddescribed.

' WILLIAM K. ACHERT.

WVitnesses:

GEORGE HEIDMAN, JOSEPH R. ROHRER.

